Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A streetcar line.
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- noun The
rails that atram runs on - noun tennis (
UK ) Either of the two pairs of sidelines marked on atennis court which mark theoutside of thesingles anddoubles playing areas
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the track on which trams or streetcars run
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Examples
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He said a "tramline" scar 5cm long and 6mm wide was found on
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Once a rusting wreck, it boasts a cleaned-up riverfront and a high-tech tramline along its once-derelict railroad tracks.
Members Only (Most of the Time) J.S. Marcus 2011
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Dublin's Luas tramline will soon be extended to Carrickmines from the city center, which Mr. Maslanka hopes will add value to his new home.
Hardy Irish Souls Tiptoe Quentin Fottrell 2010
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The game finishes when a poor Murray backhand lands about a metre outside the tramline.
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Hajek deals with it expertly, pulling off an exquisite sliced forehand volley that skipped away off the intersection of service box and inner tramline to leave Murray without a prayer of retrieving it.
Wimbledon 2010: Andy Murray v Jan Hajek - as it happened Paolo Bandini at Wimbledon 2010
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By the time he arrived in a blacked-out motorcade, and was hustled in through the bookshop doors under an umbrella and past the three-for-two offers, O'Connell Street and Dublin's main tramline had been shut all morning.
Tony Blair's book signing in Dublin mixes Good Friday with bad Iraq 2010
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Of course Edinburgh council want to stall it - they're up to their eyes in debt and court cases in connection with their tramline.
In praise of David Maddox Jeff 2009
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Last July, an angry Palestinian hijacked a bulldozer working near the tramline on Jaffa Road.
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Re point 4 - if even folk who are against the tramline think it must nonetheless be built (e.g. you) then support must be pretty high.
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Forest once reached from the foothills of the Tararua Ranges to the dunes, but it was cleared by 1880, within 20 years of a tramline reaching the area.
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